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No, they shouldn't be seperated! The dual identity is one of the things that drew me to He-man as a kid. The fact that a magic sword can make an average guy super was very appealing. I still think it's an important aspect to the story and should stay that way. I know there are mini comic purists that would disagree but personally I think it was a great idea and by seperating them it takes away from the mythos.

No, they shouldn't be seperated! The dual identity is one of the things that drew me to He-man as a kid. The fact that a magic sword can make an average guy super was very appealing. I still think it's an important aspect to the story and should stay that way. I know there are mini comic purists that would disagree but personally I think it was a great idea and by seperating them it takes away from the mythos.

Well, originally it was his harness that gave him his super strength and also acted as a force field. So he always relied on an object for his powers. But yeah, most people are going to be more familiar with the Adam/He-Man duality.

Well No.... But that would not take away from a great possible storyline in which they are separated for a period of time in which they would eventually re-merge together.

Case in point: my 'Thumbnail Theory' has this happening after the events of the "Rise of Castle Grayskullman"; in which after the separation, Adam eventually comes to the conclusion with He-Man being around (on his own fighting evil) he will begin a journey to learn everything he can about the Legend & Power of Grayskull.

...Having said that, there's no Adam in my MOTU world, and I will never buy the figure (unless it's to customize it into something else), but the line is fine like it is, because not everyone feels the way I do about him.

I've always thought Prince Adam was an awful idea, but I was interested to see this concept drawing from the recent art book.

Prince Adam was originally conceived as a separate character, and I think it would've been cool to see him portrayed like this.

We all know that the wide variety of characters is a big selling point of the toy line. We have monsters, robots, barbarians, astronauts, magicians. We even have cowboys and ninjas. One thing the line doesn't have is a Three Musketeers type character.

This "foppish" version of Adam would have provided an amusing conflict of personalities with He-Man. I can imagine that our loincloth-wearing hero would've found this guy insufferable, especially if he were a romantic rival for Teela's affections.

I'm not saying I would rush out and buy his figure- I'd prefer that Prince Adam didn't even exist- but if he were to appear in a future storyline, I'd much rather see him as an individual than as a completely unnecessary secret identity of He-Man.

I think it would be a very cool story for a mini-comic, or a 6 issue DC Comic arc, or an episode of a new cartoon. I don't think I'd be into it as a permanent change, but it would be a fun "what if" scenario that was finally resolved with things "going back to normal" for the two of them